Our old buddy Joe Horn is in trouble...

[Mr. Scot]

... with the feds, over a health care fraud scheme.  

 

[mc52beast]

Wish the DOJ would look into the obvious illegal activities of several politicians who magically become multi-millionaires after getting elected.

[Snake]

See this is where I hate America. If I have to cover my own healthcare it should be totally tax free just like the people who get healthcare off my tax money and just like the insurance companies who are "nonprofit" Federations. 

[CBDellinger]

Thats bad.  Feds have a 93% conviction rate.  He better be ready to squeal for a deal.

[Snake]

Just now, CBDellinger said:

Thats bad.  Feds have a 93% conviction rate.  He better be ready to squeal for a deal.

Stealing money from his own fellow players? Naw I hope they convict them all. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

My opinion has always been that the NFL take a small % of annual salaries to provide healthcare insurance for players past and present. When the player leaves the league, that money is returned to the player. Also works like a mini retirement plan. Would be $320 million this year alone at 5%. It's a very simplistic answer, but it could help take care of a lot of these guys post career. 

[Tbe]

It’s terrible that they felt they had to resort to this just to get health care.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

If the NFL doesn't provide lifetime healthcare coverage for former players it should.

[Davidson Deac II]

He may have to find new places to hide his cell phone. 

[bLACKpANTHER]

52 minutes ago, Tbe said:

It’s terrible that they felt they had to resort to this just to get health care.

yes - i'm with you if it was legit healthcare.. I know what u r getting at, our system is crazy - but i believe they went above and beyond in what they were doing.. maybe i'm wrong and these are legit needs for NFL injuries and players - but check out the article
 

They got ultrasound machines for their wives in their homes and hyperbolic chambers and such.. then billed the league

[Snake]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

My opinion has always been that the NFL take a small % of annual salaries to provide healthcare insurance for players past and present. When the player leaves the league, that money is returned to the player. Also works like a mini retirement plan. Would be $320 million this year alone at 5%. It's a very simplistic answer, but it could help take care of a lot of these guys post career. 

They should just take a small portion of ad and merch revenue. They make Billions off of players. Also why healthcare should be tax exempt for everyone anyway. Poor get taken care of as well as everyone else. 

[thefuzz]

Special kind of stupid.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, CBDellinger said:

Thats bad.  Feds have a 93% conviction rate.  He better be ready to squeal for a deal.

Sounds like he'd have to beat nine other guys to the punch.

Portis is technically the biggest name involved. I've heard of some of the others, though not all.

[PghPanther]

Far too many sports figures are financial infants when it comes to the management of money...........they spend impulsively and buy things for family members and friends like there is no tomorrow. Its as champagne budget from the second they get that first check.......

Steve Smith told the story of his rookie season he made something like 880K and at the end of the year he ended up 6 figures in debt because of impulsive spending and forgetting about a little thing called federal and state tax percentages owed..........

There is no way if pampered sports star managed money properly they would have to resort to such nonsense......

Outside of sports there appears to be little in life they are prepared for.

Throw the book at them.............

and Politicians?...........scum of the Earth.......Public servants...........LOL.......go in broke come out rich.

I knew a former congressman who gave it all up and went back to private life. He was going to DC to want to make a difference in serving the public and this country......but when he there he told me all of them spend 90% of their time on the phone trying to get corporate donations to be able to run for office again and/or kickbacks for corporate favors with legislation. All the while they get the best health care and pensions money could buy.

Enough ranting.....as I digress..........but it pisses off a person like myself who plays by the rules and gets financially raped for it........